I've been in this house 6 years and really not quite unpacked yet.

Laura is me. Or I am Laura.

Except for not living in Florida, having kids, or being married to the very large man.

I believe I still have boxes in the basement. I know I have some in the upstairs closet. There's no room to put them away since they're mostly books and we'll never have enough bookshelves.

Go Owen! That's so exciting, Cashmere.

I have work to finish so I can play tomorrow. Urgh.

eta: Kara and Leif just sank in. That would be something else.

Ah Seanie my twin, you just made me laugh out loud. And with the smile on my face I'm calling it a night, because it's late my time, and kids mean early wake up.

It's very easy to get Deaf kids to shush--just turn out the lights. :)

Argh. I intended to go to bed early tonight, cause I was tired today, and I have an appointment early tomorrow, but noooo, it's already 11:30. Doh.

I also meant to get to bed early. I've been exhausted, and I've got to teach early tomorrow. Also, I just got my course evaluations from last semester back, and they were pretty bad, so I'm feeling kind of bad about not having prepared as much for this class as I probably should have. (My evaluations from last year, then only thing I was constantly ranked well on was "Instructor is available and helpful during office hours." For the other stuff, like "Instructor answers questions completely" and "Instruction explains material clearly," all three of my classes were pretty evenly split between "strongly agree" and "strongly disagree," with only a few in the middle. Which is puzzling me, a bit, and also making me a bit worried about what I should do differently so that there won't be so many people who strongly disagree.)

all three of my classes were pretty evenly split between "strongly agree" and "strongly disagree," with only a few in the middle. Which is puzzling me, a bit, and also making me a bit worried about what I should do differently

To my not-knowing-any-different ears, it sound like there really isn't anything you could do differently, because if you changed to make the "strongly disagree" people happier, all the "strongly agree" people would become "strongly disagree" people.

I could be wrong, though. It's been known to happen from time to time.

eta: Kara and Leif just sank in. That would be something else.

Kinda epic, isn't it?

Yeah, you're probably right. I think part of this is just frustration that it took four months to get these forms, and by now, I barely remember half of what I did in that class. And part of it's annoyance at myself that there were that many people having trouble and I didn't know. And almost nobody wrote comments, and those who did only wrote them about stuff that was beyond my control, so it's not like I even have anything constructive to build on here.

And part of it's annoyance at myself that there were that many people having trouble and I didn't know. And almost nobody wrote comments, and those who did only wrote them about stuff that was beyond my control, so it's not like I even have anything constructive to build on here.

If they strongly disagree and don't give you a comment, disregard it completely. They're malcontents who aren't worth wasting your time. Seriously. You made yourself totally available. If they didn't understand something and didn't pursue it beyond the class it's their loss and their resoponsibility, not yours.

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